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Celebrating Legendary Horror Host John Zacherle

Author Jacky Bam Bam
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Today, September 26, we celebrate the legendary Horror Host with the most, John Zacherle on what would have been his birthday.

Born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia Zacherle grew up to become a television host, radio personality, and voice actor. He is known for his long career as a television horror movie host in the 1950s and 1960s.

He was a close colleague of Dick Clark. Sometimes, John Zacherle filled in for Clark on touring shows of Clark’s American Bandstand in the 1960s. Clark reportedly gave Zacherle his nickname of “The Cool Ghoul”. In 1958, partly with the assistance and backing of Clark, Zacherle cut “Dinner with Drac.” At first, Clark thought the recording – in which Zacherle recites humorously grisly limericks to rock and roll accompaniment – was too gory to play on Bandstand and made Zacherle return to the studio to cut a second tamer version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfNb9viis_4

John Zacherle has risen to become one of my all-time favorites thanks to my Halloween shows. You’ll definitely hear him this year when I bring out the ghouls and goblins at the end of October.

Celebrate John Zacherle today by listening to his scary-good tracks and his spooky Halloween specials. Happy birthday!

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THANK YOU ALLOWAY NJ for having me once again in The Annual Halloween Parade. Congratulations to all the contestants! You are all Winners!! Thank You to every Board Member on The Committee for your countless hours of planning and fundraising to keep this wonderful Parade so amazing every year and coming on the air with me during my show ! Your dedication and devotion does not go unnoticed. Thanks to everyone for keeping my Brittany in your thoughts and prayers as her Father passed away and could not make this years Parade with me but she gave me her blessing to go ahead and told me to make the Parade. 💔 Thanks to Glenn Smith and Cowtown Tim w/his family for standing by last minute and making it all happen by decorating our B & C Services of Westville NJ Flatbed Truck Float Big Big Thumbs up To Bill & Colleen My Mutha Truckers! It all came together cause The Show Always Must Go On!! And it’s alway worthwhile to see the joy in the Little Fulltime Vampires cheering me on and WMMR Listeners lined up and screaming out to me made me so happy. Also Thanks to our WMMR Graphic Arts Greg Monahhan, Robin Lee & Promotions Eric Simon for the wraps & all the logos on our Truck! Happy Halloween Alloway NJ!! You truly are a Halloween Town! Be safe and I’m already getting ready for next years Parade! 🎃 🧛‍♀️ 🧙‍♀️ ☠️
Photos: Dulcet Tone @lisa melagrano
Poster Art: Lisa Marie Hunt Photography

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The JACKY BAMBAM SHOW is on 93.3 WMMR Weeknights 7p-12a playing the coolest songs ever made with many features for true music lovers. Jacky is a big supporter of The Philadelphia Mummers and is a Seven Time First Prize Award Winning Hall Of Fame Mummer. Before he took over the microphone, he was a drummer who released 2 albums and toured all over the world.

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